Rodney Barlow

CTO at Spark

Los Angeles, California, United States

About Rodney Barlow

Rodney Barlow is CTO at Spark. Location: Los Angeles, California, United States.

Transformational senior technologist building teams of passionate technologists, infected by creating business and customer outcomes; - Doubled engineering capacity while keeping headcount flat by building AI-first, high-agency culture - Launched AI products, including IDP based claims automation, chatbot, sentiment analysis pipeline, CRM call center capabilities, and sales opportunity analysis - Led security operations for PHI and PII data at major health insurer, achieving SOC2 compliance with zero exceptions - Led technical VC diligence process for $165M Series D raise, including investor demos, interviews, comprehensive security posture review and HIPAA attestation - Managed team of 200 engineers and delivered 14% conversion rate increase for $10BN consumer business with 70MM monthly uniques - Delivered consistently successful, high profile event sales at Ticketmaster through culture of operational excellence and testing, including Adele ‘war game’ simulation of 10M users - Enabled 20% top line revenue growth to $425M for Beautycounter through conversion rate improvements and cultural transformation of product and technology teams - Built international product focused technology organizations at Shopzilla, Ticketmaster, Aspiration, Beautycounter and Sidecar Health

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Architecture

Additional experience

  • Advisor

    Sidecar Health

    Started April 2026

Education

  • Bachelor of Computer Science, QUT (Queensland University of Technology)